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-This directory contains the version 1.93 test release of the GNU C Library.
+This directory contains the version 2.1.1 release of the GNU C Library.

 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
 Some bugs surely remain.
 
 Many bugs have been fixed since the last release.
 Some bugs surely remain.
 

-As of this release, the GNU C library has been ported to the following
+As of this release, the GNU C library is known to run on the following

 configurations:
 
 configurations:
 

+               *-*-gnu                 GNU Hurd
+               i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu   Linux-2.x on Intel
+               m68k-*-linux-gnu        Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
+               alpha-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
+               powerpc-*-linux-gnu     Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
+               sparc-*-linux-gnu       Linux-2.x on SPARC
+               sparc64-*-linux-gnu     Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
+               arm-*-none              ARM standalone systems
+               arm-*-linux             Linux-2.x on ARM
+               arm-*-linuxaout         Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
+
+
+Former releases of this library (version 1.09.1 and perhaps earlier
+versions) used to run on the following configurations:
+

                alpha-dec-osf1
                alpha-dec-osf1

-               i[345]86-*-bsd4.3
-               i[345]86-*-gnu
-               i[345]86-*-isc2.2
-               i[345]86-*-isc3
-               i[345]86-*-linux
-               i[345]86-*-sco3.2
-               i[345]86-*-sco3.2v4
-               i[345]86-*-sysv
-               i[345]86-*-sysv4
-               i[345]86-force_cpu386-none
-               i[345]86-sequent-bsd
+               i[3456]86-*-bsd4.3
+               i[3456]86-*-isc2.2
+               i[3456]86-*-isc3
+               i[3456]86-*-sco3.2
+               i[3456]86-*-sco3.2v4
+               i[3456]86-*-sysv
+               i[3456]86-*-sysv4
+               i[3456]86-force_cpu386-none
+               i[3456]86-sequent-bsd

                i960-nindy960-none
                m68k-hp-bsd4.3
                m68k-mvme135-none
                i960-nindy960-none
                m68k-hp-bsd4.3
                m68k-mvme135-none


@@ -29,40 +42,55 @@ configurations:
                sparc-sun-solaris2
                sparc-sun-sunos4
 
                sparc-sun-solaris2
                sparc-sun-sunos4
 

-Porting the library is not hard.  If you are interested in doing a port,
-please get on the mailing list by sending electronic mail to
-bug-glibc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+Since no one has volunteered to test and fix the above configurations,
+these are not supported at the moment.  It's expected that these don't
+work anymore.  Porting the library is not hard.  If you are interested
+in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers by sending
+electronic mail to <bug-glibc@gnu.org>.

 
 The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
 provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.
 
 The GNU C library now includes Michael Glad's Ultra Fast Crypt, which
 provides the Unix `crypt' function, plus some other entry points.

-Because of the United States export restriction on DES implementations,
-we are distributing this code separately from the rest of the C
-library.  There is an extra distribution tar file just for crypt; it is
-called `glibc-1.93-crypt.tar.gz'.  You can just unpack the crypt
-distribution along with the rest of the C library and build; you can
-also build the library without getting crypt.  Users outside the USA
-can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from ftp.uni-c.dk
-[129.142.6.74], or another archive site outside the USA.  Archive
-maintainers are encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives
-outside the USA.  Please get it from ftp.uni-c.dk; transferring this
-distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu (or any other site in the USA) to a
-site outside the USA is in violation of US export laws.
+Because of the United States export restriction on DES
+implementations, we are distributing this code separately from the
+rest of the C library.  There is an extra distribution tar file just
+for crypt; it is called `glibc-crypt-2.1.1.tar.gz'.  You can just
+unpack the crypt distribution along with the rest of the C library and
+build; you can also build the library without getting crypt.  Users
+outside the USA can get the crypt distribution via anonymous FTP from
+ftp.funet.fi [128.214.248.6] in the directory pub/gnu/funet, or
+another archive site outside the USA.  Archive maintainers are
+encouraged to copy this distribution to their archives outside the
+USA.  Please get it from ftp.funet.fi; transferring this distribution
+from ftp.gnu.org (or any other site in the USA) to a site outside the
+USA is in violation of US export laws.
+
+Beside the separate crypt tar file there are some more add-ons which can be
+used together with GNU libc.  They are designed in a way to ease the
+installation by integrating them in the libc source tree.  Simply get the
+add-ons you need and use the --enable-add-ons option of the `configure'
+script to tell where the add-ons are found.  Please read the FAQ file for
+more details.

 
 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port
 
 See the file INSTALL to find out how to configure, build, install, and port

-the GNU C library.
+the GNU C library.  You might also consider reading the WWW pages for the
+GNU libc at http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html.

 
 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
 in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated and
 
 The GNU C Library is completely documented by the Texinfo manual found
 in the `manual/' subdirectory.  The manual is still being updated and

-contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not have
-the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.  Please
-send comments on the manual to bug-glibc-manual@prep.ai.mit.edu, and
+contains some known errors and omissions; we regret that we do not
+have the resources to work on the manual as much as we would like.
+Please send comments on the manual to <bug-glibc-manual@gnu.org>, and

 not to the library bug-reporting address.
 
 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
 facilities you want it to make available.
 
 not to the library bug-reporting address.
 
 The file NOTES contains a description of the feature-test macros used
 in the GNU C library, explaining how you can tell the library what
 facilities you want it to make available.
 

-Send bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+We prefer to get bug reports sent using the `glibcbug' shell script which
+is installed together with the rest of the GNU libc to <bugs@gnu.org>.
+Simply run this shell script and fill in the information.  Nevertheless
+you can still send bug reports to <bug-glibc@gnu.org> as normal electronic
+mails.

 
 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
 conditions.
 
 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
 conditions.